The fresh produce we provide for the workshop is beautiful all by itself, but the platters that Josie, my assistant, puts together are works of art. The oatmeal nut scones are not really very scone-like - but they are tasty, though not...
The second day of our supervision/workshop with Stephen Gilligan went very well, and ended with a lovely dinner, conversation, and singing before bed. The dinner menu: Salmon Algiers Couscous with Chickpeas Salad Plum Crumble with Ice...
I offer many choices at meals for workshops, so the plates I created here were my own individual choices. The main dinner menu: Enchiladas Negras Quinoa with Latin Flavors Salad Flourless Poppy Seed Cake
Baked a few more breakfast goodies before I left for the farmer's market to get the fresh produce to feed 17 of us for 4 days. Cooked up a frittata and salad for the 4 folks who arrived tonight, with vegetable chopping help from the first...
As I am no longer posting these photo collages on the web community that has been my fitness home for the past 3 years, I am moving my energies to this blog as my primary concern. Today I will catch up on the photos of the past 4 days,...
I had a request on Facebook for healthy salad dressing recipes - olive oil with vinegar and spices is a great beginning, but there are so many possibilities! One of my favorite "dressings" is about 1/4 cup of Trader Joe's papaya-mango...
I can easily overdo it on fruit, buying more than I can possibly eat in a week just because it all looks and tastes so luscious at the farmer's market. I really do have to keep track or I would just munch on it all day, ignoring all else....
In case you thought I eat beautifully and perfectly all the time, Saturday evening will prove you wrong. I even hesitated putting up the photo for Saturday, though I did take photos of most of it. Not sure how I got so off track, but I...
Spiced Peanut Sauce This sauce keeps well in the refrigerator. I toss it in near the end of cooking whatever vegetables and protein I have sautéed. The recipe comes from Kripalu Cookbook, by Atma Jo Ann Levitt. 2.5 tablespoons sesame oil...
I walked through the Santa Cruz Farmer's Market smiling yesterday, so glad to be back to abundant fresh fruit and vegetables! And realized as I chopped and cooked that it has been quite a while since I've spent time in the kitchen...
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